Bless the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

Dear friend, it is the day after your funeral. Here on earth the Church now enters into her longest season, the season after Pentecost, after the descent of the Holy Ghost onto the disciples. You enter into eternity, and I pray that Holy Ghost has descended on you as well. May God bless you forever, and let us bless Him:

Trium puerórum cantémus hymnum, quem cantábant sancti in camíno ignis, benedicéntes Dóminum.

Let us sing the hymn of the three young men, which these holy ones sang of old in the fiery furnace, giving praise to the Lord.

Benedícite ómnia ópera Dómini Dómino: laudáte et superexaltáte eum in saécula. Benedícite Angeli Dómini Dómino: benedícite cæli Dómino Benedícite aquæ omnes quae super cælos sunt Dómino: benedícite omnes virtútes Dómini Dómino. Benedícite sol et luna Dómino: benedícite stellæ cæli Dómini. Benedícite omnis imber et ros Dómino: benedícite omnes spíritus Dei Dómino. Benedícite ignis et æstus Dómino: benedícite frigus et æstus Dómino. Benedícite rores et pruína Dómino: benedícite gelu et frigus Dómino. Benedícite glácies et nives Dómino: benedícite noctes et dies Dómino. Benedícite lux et ténebræ Dómino: benedícite fúlgura et nubes Dómino. Benedícat terra Dóminum: laudet et superexáltet eum in saécula. Benedícite montes et colles Dómino: benedícite univérsa germinántia in terra Dómino. Benedícite fontes Dómino: benedícite mária et flúmina Dómino. Benedícite cete, et ómnia, quæ movéntur in aquis Dómino: benedícite omnes volúcres cæli Dómino. Benedícite omnes béstiæ et pécora Dómino: benedícite fílii hóminum Dómino. Benedícat Israël Dóminum: laudet et superexáltet eum in saécula. Benedícite sacerdótes Dómini Dómino: benedícite servi Dómini Dómino. Benedícite spíritus et ánimæ justórum Dómino: benedícite sancti et húmiles corde Dómino. Benedícite Ananía, Azária, Misaël Dó-mino: laudáte et superexaltáte eum in saécula. Benedicámus Patrem et Fílium cum sancto Spíritu: laudémus et superexaltémus eum in saécula. Benedíctus es, Dómine, in firmaménto cæli: et laudábilis, et gloriósus, et superexaltátus in saécula.

All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt Him above all for ever. O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: O ye heavens, bless the Lord O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord: O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord. O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord. O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord. O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord. O ye dews and hoarfrosts, bless the Lord: O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord. O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: O ye nights and days, bless the Lord. O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord. O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt Him above all for ever. O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord. O ye fountains, bless the Lord: O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord O ye whales and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord. O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: O ye sons of men, bless the Lord. O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt Him above all for ever. O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord. O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord. O Ananias, Azarias and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt Him above all for ever. Let us bless the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Ghost: let us praise and exalt Him above all for ever. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of praise, and glorious, and exalted above all for ever.